Backup Hexo using GitHub

Assumption

You have already installed Git from https://git-scm.com/, installed Node.js, set up Hexo for your website, created an account in GitHub and created a repository there.

Requirement

You want to backup Hexo website data and restore it from anothter computer.

GitHub

Log on GitHub with your account. Create a branch such as backup for repository <account_name>.github.io

Backup

• Open the file .gitignore in Hexo base folder, and check if it contains the below two entries. If no, add them to the file.

  /.deploy_git
  /node_modules

  Directory /.deploy_git contains the files after generation by command hexo generate. We don’t need to backup them.
  Directory /node_modules contains the node.js modules. We don’t need to backup them.

• Execute the below command in the first backup

  # Init Git
  git init
  # Create the backup branch, and switch to the new branch
  git checkout -b backup
  # Link a remote repository to origin
  git remote add origin git@github.com:gary5496/gary5496.github.io.git

• Execute the below command in each backup

  # Add the files and sub-directories in the current directory to staging area
  git add .
  # Commit the changes in the staging area to current branch
  git commit -m "commit_comments"
  # Push the backup branch to remote repository backup branch
  git push origin backup

Restore

If you need to restore the Hexo websites in another computer, you have to follow the Hexo setup guide to set up the Hexo in another computer first. Then, run the below command the clone the remote repository backup branch to the local directory.

# Clone the remote repository backup branch to the current directory
git clone -b backup git@github.com:gary5496/gary5496.github.io.git

Reference

http://blog.csdn.net/zk673820543/article/details/52698760
https://www.liaoxuefeng.com/wiki/0013739516305929606dd18361248578c67b8067c8c017b000
http://bbs.itheima.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=346526&ordertype=1